He was born prematurely and put in a malfunctioning incubator, leaving him permanently blind. Despite his disability or maybe because of it, Stevie Wonder was a musical prodigy, who signed with Motown Records as a teenager. watch
This great man symbolizes one of the main ideals the Civil War was fought over: that any American may aspire to greatness. Born the son of a white father he and a slave mother, Douglass learned to read while growing up on a plantation in Maryland. watch
Chronicles the turbulent career of the African-American stand-up comic and TV and film star who broke new ground before self-destructing. Features interviews with Pryor and Dick Gregory. watch